Dream Runner

Monsters hunt through people’s dreams. They’re called phantoms, and they’re nearly unstoppable. They slip into the realities between night and morning when their victims are most vulnerable. The dream runners once fought them and protected humanity. As the centuries passed, their numbers dwindled. Mike Carpenter is the last dream runner. More

Monsters hunt through people’s dreams. They’re called phantoms, and they’re nearly unstoppable. They slip into the realities between night and morning when their victims are most vulnerable. The dream runners once fought them and protected humanity. As the centuries passed, their numbers dwindled.

Now Mike Carpenter is the last dream runner. His parents are dead. His grandfather is dead. He is alone. But he doesn’t stop hunting the phantoms. He goes through a normal life during the day and battles the phantoms at night. No one remembers him. Fighting alone, he is going to die, but Mike doesn’t care. He’s lost everyone he loves and refuses to yield even as the phantoms grow stronger and begin to show signs of intelligence.

When Mike chases a phantom through three different dreams, he stumbles into the last person he expected. Cora. He found his way into her dream. Except this time something impossible happens. She remembers him. For the first time, he is confronted by the chance that he might not have to fight alone.

Jennifer Tess is an editor from Southern California. She thrives on good stories with unpredictable endings. Her work has appeared in several local literary journals and anthologies. Dream Runner is her first novel and was released in December, 2011.